New Headset Mic Not Working

Truvidien88

Greetings,

So recently I bought my girlfriend these new cat ear headphones that she's been wanting for months now and I went to set everything up for her and the issue we are currently running is.. That I can't get the mic to work for her. It only came with one audio port to plug into the computer which I think is the issue I'm running in because the computer can't detect a mic at all. 

https://www.brookstone.com/pd/Wireless-Cat-Ear-Headphones-with-Removable-Ears/313785.html?bkeid=compare|mercent|googlebaseads|search&bkeid=compare|mercent|googlebaseads|search&gclid=CMC12MbNid0CFVNLgQodbq4LMg&gclsrc=ds  These are the headphones.

By looking around on Google I found that a TRS Splinter would fix my problem? But I wanted to make sure that's all I needed.  My only concern is by looking at this picture how would it work with one audio jack from the headset?  

https://www.amazon.com/Hosa-YPP-118-inch-Dual-Cable/dp/B000068O56/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1535248580&sr=8-3&keywords=trs+splitter  This is the item that I think is the right cable I'm looking for? 

Any help would be great.
Thanks!

Cleffy

It's an inline mic, so you need to split the mic and audio channels with something like this. The one you linked to would not work. Also these splitters can be finicky. Not sure if it will work.
https://www.amazon.com/MillSO-3-5mm-Jack-Adapter-CTIA/dp/B071NDLCGC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1535251792&sr=8-1&keywords=inline+mic+splitter

Truvidien88

Cleffy said:

It's an inline mic, so you need to split the mic and audio channels with something like this. The one you linked to would not work. Also these splitters can be finicky. Not sure if it will work.
https://www.amazon.com/MillSO-3-5mm-Jack-Adapter-CTIA/dp/B071NDLCGC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1535251792&sr=8-1&keywords=inline+mic+splitter

Finicky as in sorta hit or miss with them working? 

Cleffy

I don't use the device, but a cursory glance at reviews of similar devices says they may not work.

Truvidien88

Cleffy said:

I don't use the device, but a cursory glance at reviews of similar devices says they may not work.

Welp all I can do is order them and find out I guess. Thank you for the help

Ozmodan

Just looking at the headphones, these were never intended to be used with a computer.  Their primary market is phone users.  Cleffy suggestion is about as good as you are going to get.   I usually have a splitter or two on hand as the kids are always getting headphones without a separate mic cord.  Some work, some don't, it is a crapshoot.